A week ago, we explored the 100th anniversary of Congressman John Raker’s funeral held in Susanville. Newspapers across California published memorial tributes. Below this what was the San Francisco Call had to say:

“John Raker, Good Bye: In John Raker’s first campaign for election to Congress he stated this creed:

‘My work will to be labor for enactment of laws that will keep this great government  for its 95,000,000 people, and not favored a few-the interests and traits. The people should be permitted to have a full voice in this government of theirs. I stand for progressive legislation, but state and national to that end.’

“No man cay that John Raker did not literally obey the creed of his. He kept his word and was reelected again and again on the basis of his deeds at Washington. .

“Hetch Hetchy is in great measure a monument to him, for which he was the man who introduced the measure that embodied the great Hetch Hetchy is being constructed. Into the Act the wrote provisions to insure Hetch Hechy to the people forever.”

Tim